AUDIENCE:   This course is for delegates wishing to further their skills in WebSphere MQ and is for delegates new to WebSphere MQ, who will acquire programming skills, and those delegates with basic Programming skills within WebSphere MQ who wish to learn basic and/or more advanced WebSphere MQ Administration techniques. PREREQUISITES:   To attend the first, second and fifth days: no specific prerequisites. To attend the third and fourth days: programming ability in a suitable language, such as: C, Cobol, PL/I, Java, Visual Basic. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on OBJECTIVES:   On completion of the course delegates will be able to: - Understand the components and functions of WebSphereMQ. - Create and administer a Queue Manager and its objects. - Write programs that use MQSeries to transmit messages. COURSE CONTENT:   Day 1 - Overview Introduction.    What is Message Queuing?    Key Objects within MQ Platforms What's in a Message What's in a Queue Remote Queues Alias Queues    Channels    Channel Combinations Client Systems Queue Manager Clusters Application Programming Overview    The Message Queuing Interface (MQI)    Connect    Disconnect    Open    Close    Put    Put1    Get    Browse    Inquire    Set    Commit    Backout Triggering Report Messages Events and Event Queues Context and Authority Distribution Lists Reference Messages Program Design Issues Systems Management - z/OS System Management - Windows Comparison Chart - Features by Platform Coding Examples    PLI/C/Cobol/Java Day 2 - Basic Admin Files and Directories Use of MQ Explorer Client Systems    What is a Client version of MQ    Which platforms support Clients? Reports Events Units of work in MQ Dynamic Queues Creating a model queue Triggering    Triggered programs under Windows NT    Starting a Trigger Monitor (NT) Days 3-4 Programming (Languages covered: C, Cobol, PL/I, Java, Visual Basic) MQ - the Programmer's view Setting up to Compile and Link    Compiling    Linking Detailed description of basic MQ calls    Connect    Open    Get    Put    Put1    Close Useful programs that come with MQSeries Units of Work    What is a unit of work?    What is a 2-phase commit?    Units of work in MQ    Syncpoint and Persistence    MQCMIT    MQBACK    MQBEGIN    Failures    Failed Units of Work Message Persistence Programming with reply queues    Types of Dynamic Queue    Creating a dynamic queue    Finding the Replies Reports    Types of Report    Dealing with Report Messages Using IDs within Messages Groups Using Match Options Triggering    Components of triggering    Action of Triggering    Triggered programs under Windows NT    Triggered Programs - Other Points    Starting a Trigger Monitor (NT) Browsing Queues Context information Inquire and Set    Sample of looking at attributes    Distribution Lists    Changes to MQOPEN    Object Records    Response Records    Fields in PMR - Put Message Record    Extra fields in the Object Descriptor Reference Messages    Reference Message Header    Message Division Events Lists of Key Items in MQ    Reason Codes    Queue Attributes    Object Descriptor Structure    GET Message Options    PUT Message Options    Response Records    Object Record    Message Descriptor    Selector codes for MQINQ and MQSET    Special Headers    Sample Programs Client Systems    What is the difference from the programmer's view? Day 5 - Further Administration Using the administration commands on Queue Managers    crtmqm    strmqm    endmqm    dltmqm    strmqcsv    endmqcsv    runmqtrm    runmqlsr    runmqsc MQSC Commands Use of MQ Services The Dead Letter Queue    DLQ Management using the DLQ Handler Triggering details Logging and Media recovery    Placing a queue image into the log    Recovering a queue after a disk failure Client Systems Security Access Control of MQ objects in UNIX/Windows systems Authorities that can be set using setmqaut OPEN Authorities Context authorizations Administration authorisations IC07/01